Bauhaus Coffee & Books, on Pine Street in Capitol Hill

One of the scads of great java hangouts on gay-popular Capitol Hill, Bauhaus Books & Coffee has huge windows that afford great people-watching, carries a wide selection of books and newspapers (much related to design and architecture), and pours some of the best coffee in a city that's famous for it. This is a terrific place to study, read, cruise cute fellow coffee drinkers, and chat with friends, and it's near several fun gay bars and restaurants, including R Place and, until it closed to make way for a condo development late in 2007, Manray.